TARGET ACQUISITION SYSTEM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does target acquisition system mean? 

• TARGET ACQUISITION SYSTEM (noun)
  The noun TARGET ACQUISITION SYSTEM has 1 sense:

1. a shipboard system for the detection and identification and location of a target with enough detail to permit effective weapon employment

  Familiarity information: TARGET ACQUISITION SYSTEM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TARGET ACQUISITION SYSTEM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A shipboard system for the detection and identification and location of a target with enough detail to permit effective weapon employment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("target acquisition system" is a kind of...):

shipboard system (a system designed to work as a coherent entity on board a naval ship)